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    beginning of the book to end of chapter 7‚ and whether or not Jack is savage or civilized. I have determined that Jack is at esteem but‚ is doing so in a savage way. I say this because in chapter one‚ we can see the turning points for esteem and savagery. When he first get on the island he is worried about being rescued. We can see this on page 28‚ when Jack says “We’ve got to decide about being rescued.” At first it seems like he seems to care about getting of the island and getting home. But‚

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    of order? In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ a group of preteens are dumped on an island due to a plane crash and try to build a civilization of their own‚ needless to say the results are less than positive. The author uses conflict‚ character development‚ mood‚ allegory‚ point of view and setting to support the theme that Without society’s rigid rules‚ anarchy and savagery can come to light. Conflict is used throughout the novel as a way of developing the savagery vs order theme. At the

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    The Lord of the Flies if taken at face value can be taken as a short book about the struggle to stay alive on a deserted island and its physical and psychological influences on its residents. However‚ when the reader looks deeper‚ they see a story that is an allegory filled with rich and detailed imagery in almost all facets of the novel. An allegory is defined as a type of writing that presents abstract ideas or moral principals in the form of symbolic characters‚ events‚ or objects. "The theme

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    Lord of the Flies Symbol Allegory The English author William Golding was a former Navy Officer‚ who as the conflict of good and evil throughout his service. He used that experience to create the classic novel Lord of the Flies. The novel focuses on human nature’s way of civilization and society through children. The characteristics of three important characters show the sides of human nature. Jack represents the evil‚ Piggy the innocent‚ and Ralph the good. Golding takes a closer in depth look

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    Lord of the flies by William Golding is an allegorical novel because it’s shows us many literal levels and sub stories which symbolize abstract ideas. An allegory is a story‚ poem‚ or picture with a symbolic level of meaning where the characters and setting represent other things like political systems‚ religious figures‚ or philosophical viewpoints. An allegory allows the reader to interpret the hidden meaning behind the symbol. There are two different levels to an allegory the first one being the

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    ways and following the rules or becoming savages and doing what they can to survive. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel where he gives the theme of civilization versus savagery. On the island‚ there is a conflict between the two main characters‚ Ralph and Jack‚ who each represent savagery and civilization. The rules and order are the stories are the only things that are keeping their little civilization from breaking down and without it‚ they would need

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    In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ the motif of savagery emerges throughout the book in different forms. Although there are many forms of savagery in the book‚ masks play an integral role. Throughout the course of the book‚ a character’s savagery evolves when a mask is applied‚ and the boys that do not put on masks remain civilized. Masks have the ability to twist a civilized human into a wild savage. Jack‚ one of the main characters in the book‚ uses a mask throughout the story. He

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    The Lord of the Flies in and of itself is an allegory. Symbolism is on the forefront of this novel and changes throughout. Simple details in beyond surface level reading are used to “reveal humanity.” From the conch‚ to the beastie‚ to the face paint‚ symbolism shapes the Lord of the Flies into so much more. The conch was first mentioned in chapter one. Piggy‚ the character with reason and ideas‚ encourages Ralph to blow into it and call everyone else to them. Quickly‚ it’s adopted as a symbol

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    Ms Teacher Boston Cribs English 10¬ —Period 1 Sunday‚ March 30‚ 2014 Stripped of Civilization Are we born savage? Is civilization the only factor that domesticates us and keeps us in check? William Golding answered these questions in his novel‚ Lord of the Flies. In the story‚ a group of boys crash landed on a deserted island with no adults and initially tried to set up order and government. Ralph and Piggy were the ones who represented this desire for order. But as time went on they

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    is the law. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island and have the sovereignty to accomplish whatever they want. They appoint a leader and compose rules for everyone to follow‚ but not all the boys agree with the rules. What would you undertake if you were stranded on an island with your classmates? Since some of the boys don’t condone the rules‚ they start to live their own animations‚ forgetting about civilization. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the

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